BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 6. France has deprived the people of Martinique of the right to decide their own fate, representative of the Movement of Environmentalists and Democrats for the Independence of Martinique Claudette Duhamel told Trend.
"We can only unite in movements as a means of struggle. France presents its colonial policy to the world as if it were the norm. But if you think about the real state of affairs, you can see that we are deprived of the opportunity to live as people. We must regain our rights, the existence of which is being hidden from us, silencing this issue. I am a lawyer, but decisions are made by French lawyers," she said.
Within the framework of the ministerial meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement, an event on the topic of "Towards the Complete Elimination of Colonialism" has being held today at Baku Convention Center.
Meanwhile, speaking at the ministerial meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement yesterday, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said that one of the countries that still is pursuing the neo-colonialism is France.
“French administered territories outside Europe are nasty remains of the French colonial empire. France must respect the sovereignty of the Comoros over the island of Mayotte as well as the rights of the New Caledonian people and other peoples in French overseas communities and territories,” President Ilham Aliyev said.
President Ilham Aliyev pointed out that France has to apologize for its colonial past and bloody colonial crimes and acts of genocide against NAM member countries in Africa, South-East Asia and other places.